There’s plenty of debate about whether or not the iPad’s a big deal. But as a pastor, it’s been a pretty big deal for me. Here are 9 ways I use it to do ministry that have made a significant difference: Teaching notes. Sometimes I need nothing more than an index card for sermon notes. [...]
The A-Team: Teri
I pity da foo’ that calls her a secretary. She’s not the admin assistant either. She’s the Ministry Coordinator. Titles matter (at least in this instance it does). Teri coordinates ministry. We can do all sorts of ministry stuff, and if it’s not coordinated, it can be haphazard and frantic. She’s the conductor, the mix-master, [...]
The A-Team: Sharon
A-Team Stuff FYI: I’m venturing to write this as a boss would about an employee…not as a smitten husband would about his hot wife. So… Sharon’s a juggernaut. At the moment, she’s 9 months pregnant…and she still gets more done in a given day than most do in a week. I understand that this isn’t the [...]
A Little Extra Touch
I’ve had some folks ask for quotes and resources from this past Sunday’s sermon. We kicked off a new series that’ll cover some of the personal interactions in Jesus’ ministry. So, here are the quotes from this past Sunday, and a list of my primary resources so far: Mother Teresa: “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, [...]
The A-Team
Pretty pumped about the movie. I don’t have high expectations about it being particularly good, but I have such great memories connected to the ragtag crew of highly talented social misfits who didn’t really fit anywhere, so they banded together. They remind me of the staff at the church I pastor. Not as individual characters, [...]
Vision for 100
One year ago I accepted a challenge from Michael Gatlin. It boiled down to this (paraphrasing wildly): “Set a goal for how many people will be led to Christ through the ministry of your church in the next year. Be bold about it, and then have the guts to tell your church about it, and [...]
Are Christians Intolerant? (3 of 3)
Does the radical tolerance I talked about in the previous post in this series mean that Christians have to be pansies? Pushovers? Willing victims? Sometimes when see texts like the following, we wonder: Matthew 5:39-41: If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you [...]
